The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that ________
a. language involves attaching labels to the real world.
b. people see the world through the cultural lens of their language.
c. most words have the same meaning if spoken in different languages.
d. every word exists in all known languages.
Answer: b
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a. the ratio of children to elderly people. b. the ratio of elderly women to elderly men. c. the ratio of working-age adults to non-working elderly people. d. the ratio of people over age sixty-five to those under forty.
A small town of 1,709 residents had one homicide in the past year. The homicide rate for this town
a. cannot be determined from the information given. b. is (1/1709) x 100,000. c. is rising. d. is (1709:1) x 1,000.
When one's parents divorce, all of the following are associated with the event EXCEPT:
a. lower psychological well-being b. early marriage c. more likely to drop out of college d. more likely to make lower grades
Data suggest that opportunities for African Americans in sports are
A. more plentiful for African American women than for men. B. generally insignificant for the African American population as a whole. C. more scarce in team sports than in individual sports. D. greater than they are in traditional professions such as medicine and law.